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Cory Doctorow NONCONSENSUAL BLUE TICK Profile picture
@doctorow
Jan 25, 2023 • 25 tweets • 23 min read • Read on X
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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: The public paid for "Moderna's" vaccine, and now we're going to pay again (and again and again); How Facebook's Real Names policy helps Cambodia's thin-skinned dictator terrorize dissenters; and more! 1/ Image: Hun Sen/Facebook (modified) https://www.facebook.co
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/01/25/nat…

#Pluralistic 2/
The public paid for "Moderna's" vaccine, and now we're going to pay again (and again and again): Herd immunity is incompatible with shareholder capitalism.

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How Facebook's Real Names policy helps Cambodia's thin-skinned dictator terrorize dissenters: "Yes, our beaches are the most beautiful, but our leaders are the dirtiest in the world, aren’t they?"

4/ Image: Hun Sen/Facebook (modified) https://www.facebook.co
Hey look at this

* A Pitched Battle on Corporate Power prospect.org/economy/2023-0…

* Annotated: Sam Bankman-Fried's "FTX Pre-Mortem Overview" mollywhite.net/annotations/sb…

* Appliance makers sad that 50% of customers won’t connect smart appliances arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/0… 5/
#20yrsago #MosesZnaimer ready to quit? theglobeandmail.com/report-on-busi…

#20yrsago #Palladium changes name, but not stripes web.archive.org/web/2003021608… 6/
#10yrsago German court awards damages for loss-of-Internet, says net is “crucial part of people’s economic living standards” web.archive.org/web/2013012708…

#10yrsago @SCrawford should run the FCC! nytimes.com/2013/01/24/opi… 7/
#10yrsago German soldiers develop left breasts web.archive.org/web/2013012706…

#5yrsago Trump will not make a state visit to UK unless Theresa May bans protests bloomberg.com/news/features/… 8/
#5yrsago The world’s richest 2000 billionaires could wipe out extreme poverty with one seventh of what they gained last year oxfam.org/en/research/re… 9/
#5yrsago Police Get Out of Jail cards are just the tip of the iceberg: no perp gets a sweeter deal than a cop marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolu… 10/
#5yrsago South Korean law bans mobile #crapware, network discrimination, deceptive native advertising, and anti-adblock web.archive.org/web/2018032113… 11/
#5yrsago Research report explains how adtech supercharges political deceit, allowing even bumblers to be master propagandists newamerica.org/pit/policy-pap… 12/
#5yrsago #OntarioConservative leader abruptly resigns after he is accused of sexual assault and misconduct with very young, drunk women ctvnews.ca/politics/patri… 13/
Yesterday's threads: David Graeber's "Pirate Enlightenment"; and more!

mamot.fr/@pluralistic/1… 14/
My latest book is Chokepoint Capitalism (with @rgibli), nonfiction about monopoly and fairness in creative labor markets.

chokepointcapitalism.com

Signed copies available from @BookSoup:

booksoup.com/book/978080700… 15/
My latest novel is Attack Surface, a sequel to my bestselling Little Brother books, now in paperback, wherever books are sold.

Signed copies at @darkdel:

darkdel.com/store/p1840/Co… 16/
My ebooks and audiobooks (from @torbooks, @HoZ_Books, @mcsweeneys, @beaconPressBks et al) are for sale all over the net, but I sell 'em too, and when you buy 'em from me, I earn twice as much and you get books with no DRM and no license "agreements."

craphound.com/shop/ 17/
Upcoming appearances:

* Library Learning Experience/@ALALibrary (#NewOrleans), 1/27-30
2023.alaliblearnx.org/cory-doctorow

* Chokepoint Capitalism: Can It Be Defeated? (@UCLLaws), 2/1
ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/20…

* Avid Reader (#Brisbane), 2/8
avidreader.com.au/pages/6834-Cho… 18/
Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* Future of Arts/Culture/Tech, @ACMI, (#Melbourne), 2/14
acmi.net.au/whats-on/in-co…

* @statelibrarynsw (#Sydney), 2/15
sl.nsw.gov.au/events/chokepo…

* ANU/@canberratimes Meet The Author (#Canberra), 2/16
anu.edu.au/events/in-conv… 19/
Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* @Aus_Digital Copyright Forum (#Canberra), 2/17:
digital.org.au/2022/11/08/doc…

* #Antitrust, Regulation & Political Economy (#Brussels), 3/2:
brusselsconference.com/registration 20/
Recent appearances:

* @PivotPod
overcast.fm/+OwaJtrjxs

* The Future of Business, Technology and Society (@PodcastMyBiz)
sixpixels.com/podcast/archiv…

* The Way the Music Died (@Canadaland Commons)
canadaland.com/podcast/monopo… 21/
You can also follow these posts as a daily blog at pluralistic.net: no ads, trackers, or data-collection!

Here's today's edition: pluralistic.net/2023/01/25/nat… 22/
If you're a @Medium subscriber, you can read these essays - as well as previews of upcoming magazine columns and early exclusives on doctorow.medium.com.

My latest Medium column is "Walking the Plank"

doctorow.medium.com/walking-the-pl… 23/
If you prefer a newsletter, subscribe to the plura-list, which is also ad- and tracker-free, and is utterly unadorned save a single daily emoji. Today's is "💣". Suggestions solicited for future emojis!

Subscribe here: pluralistic.net/plura-list 24/
Are you trying to wean yourself off Big Tech? You can read my work elsewhere, but it is now a #TwitterCrime to tell you how. Please visit my site, pluralistic.net, for links to find me on less-unhinged places (I can only imagine that my days here are numbered). 25/

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Sorry.

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